AAA Guerra de Titanes 2018 Recap by Marco Gutierrez

The first big show of the year kicked off tonight from Mexico City at the Juan de la Barrera Olympic Auditorium and was live on Twitch.tv. The broadcast at its peak had 5,051 live viewers at one time and a total of 1,666,545 views.

Lancelot is the defending champion after winning the title at Heroes Inmortales in a 10-way match. Highlights saw A.S. hitting Lancelot with an apron piledriver for the heat. They go back and forth until each threw a head kick to a stalemate. A.S. hits a shooting star press off the

guardrail to the floor and throws him in for a 2 count. Finish saw A.S. in the electric chair and spun Lancelot's mask to obstruct his view. He jumps off and hits an F5 into a gutbuster to win the Cruiserweight Championship.

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship: Ladi Shani (c) vs Fabi Apache

Fabi attempts a suicide dive as Shani is making her way to the ring but catches Fabi with a chairshot as she dives. Shani takes control eariy on and this match turns into a fight. They trade pins with back and forth action. Fabi hits a spinebuster followed by a huge missile dropkick. Finally, Fabi hits an Angel's Wings, a sitdown powerbomb, and a bridging German Suplex for the pin. This is now Fabi's third reign as champion since 2014.

A video plays recapping the history of Texano Jr. vs Hijo de Fantasma from Fantasma's introduction to AAA in 2013 to their clash at Rey de Reyes 2017.

Parka’s team was attacked backstage. The ref signifies start of the street fight. Dave the Clown sets Scoria on a table. Murder splashes Scoria off the stage through the table. The three clowns isolate Cuervo in the ring and attack him with brooms. La Parka’s mask is ripped, and his face is covered in a crimson mask. Cuervo and Scoria come back with chairs for the comeback. Now it’s three on one to Dave the Clown. They get him in the corner and strike him in the yam bags. Scoria gets Murder Clown with a wheelbarrow bulldog to take the big man down. Parka and Dave trade punches before being cut off by the other two clowns. Murder pressed Scoria over his head before Cuervo hits a tope driving Murder into a table outside. Finish saw Parka hit Dave the Clown with a Uranagi.

Triple dive to Los OGTs. There’s action everywhere. Aero Star splashes Tito Santana off of Angelical’s shoulders who is already sitting on the top rope. Angelical hits Tito Santana with a SSP and immediately gets up to take a chair shot to the head from Chessman. Los OGTs take control of most of the match. They rip the mask of Angelical. Super Fly and Averno pose on the top rope while Argenis pins Chessman with a hurricarana., thus eliminating the champs Los OGTs from the match. We are guaranteed new Trios Champions. Poder del Norte rips the mask of Drago completely, thus revealing Alan from Los Barrio Boys (like we didn’t know). Santana hits a splash onto Drago. Raptor, Aero Star, and Drago are eliminated. Mocho Cota Jr. takes the mask of Bengala and hides it in his pants. Mascara de Bronce is on fire as he dives onto Poder del Norte who are in the crowd. Both teams are brawling in the crowd. Mascara de Bronce hits a huge moonsault off a balcony onto everyone. The finish saw Santana pin Bengala after a low blow from Carta Brava Jr. behind the ref to win the AAA Trios Championship. Post-match, Los OGTs return and attack the new champs, making their intentions known.

Bull Terrier Match: Psycho Clown vs Rey Escorpion

Anything goes in this match and the only way to win is to touch all six corners of the ring as they are attached by a dog collar chain. The match starts with some chain wrestling (no pun intended) before the dog collars are attached. Once they are attached, Rey Escorpion immediately busts open Psycho Clown with the chain. They brawl outside as Escorpion sends Psycho into the first two rows. Escorpion proceeds to touch all six corners but the ref signals that it’s invalid because his dog collar isn’t on. He argues with the ref and five security guards jump in the ring and put the dog collar on Rey Escorpion. Psycho hits a huge suicide dive to Escorpion. He sends Escorpion into the first row and dives on him off the lighting rig in the corner. Escorpion is bloody at this point. Psycho is on his way to win the match as Monsther and Murder Clown run in and attack Psycho. The ref calls for the disqualification… in a BULL TERRIER MATCH!! After the match, two masked men run in and save Psycho Clown. They unmask and are revealed to be Maximo and La Mascara, Psycho Clown’s brother and cousin from the famous Alvarado family.

This is a rematch from Heroes Inmortales and due to the fallout of that match, Vampiro was added as special guest referee. Vampiro poses with Wagner for I don’t know what reason. In the first pin fall attempt, Mundo covers Wagner and Vampiro takes a while to get down but does do a regular count. Mundo takes control with chest kicks and a chin lock. Mundo goes for his 450 elbow but Wagner moves and goes for his comeback. Wagner locks in la Tapatia and fall back into a pin for a two count. Wagner hits the Michinoku Driver for what seemed the finish until his son, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., came in the ring and hit Vampiro with a chair as he was making the count. He then throws the chair to Hernandez as Wagner sees him with chair thinking it was him. Wagner clocks Hernandez with a chair shot to the head and then proceeds to get low blowed by Mundo. Another ref runs in for a near fall. Wagner goes to powerbomb Mundo as his son runs in again and hits his father with the chair. He poses with and aligns himself with Mundo and Hernandez. Hijo bloodies his father and continues the assault. Hernandez attackes Vampiro, Hijo accidental hits Hernandez, Vamp Hits Hijo with a superkick. Mundo and Vampiro (THE REF) square off. Mundo throws punches to Vamp as Vamp stagers to stay up. Vampiro then chokeslams Mundo and throws Wagner on top. The second referee counts and Vampiro helps throw his hand down for the three count and Wagner wins the title for a third time. Wagner is celebrating in the ring as the ring crew is building the six-sided cage.

Texano is seen talking to his brother Bengala backstage about doing things for the family. Bengala told him, "my father was a great rudo. Remember that."

Match starts with no referee in the cage as it will be escape rules only. Fantasma makes the first attempt to escape the cage. Hijo de Tirantes opens the cage door and hands a chair to Texano. Texano rips open the mask of Fantasma and bites his forehead to open a wound. He goes to escape but Fantasma shakes the ropes and Texano crotches himself on the top rope. Fantasma busts open Texano with a chairshot to the head. He is immeditaly cut off and is hit with an Ushigorishi. Both wrestlers climb to the top and trade shots before both falling into the ring. Fantasma attempts to climb but Hjio de Tirantes throws beer at him. Texano kicks him low and attempts to climb. Bengala runs in and spits a liquid at Texano. Vampiro with a representative who proclaims the match is a DISQUALIFICATION!

Fantasma gets the mic and challenges Texano to a hair vs mask match. Texano agreed and then said he's gonna do something he should have done a long time ago. That came in the form of attacking his brother Bengala. Vampiro asked if Fantasma was sure. Vampiro made it official and at the next big AAA show Rey de Reyes, it will be Texano Jr. vs Hijo de Fantasma in a hair vs Mask match.